As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
The report compares the two international codes that form the model for nearly all residential construction in Massachusetts, and how complex requirements play a role in keeping the state from meeting its housing needs.
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Created in partnership with organizations and individuals in Massachusetts and Venezuela, the new fund will provide resources for immediate relief and longer-term assistance for parts of northern Venezuela devastated by the quakes
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TBF President and CEO Lee Pelton says the Supreme Court's ruling allowing for the termination of Temporary Protected Status horrifically harms the hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians directly affected, shatters our commitment as a nation of immigrants –– and redoubles our resolve to push back.
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New survey data released today highight both the success of Massachusetts homebuying programs and the opportunity to do more in support of helping homeowners keep their homes for themselves and future generations.
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Combining respondent feedback with insights from the survey release webinar hosted by TBF, CommonWealth Beacon reports that 850 MA homeowners surveyed by the MassINC Polling Group feel generally positive about homeownership despite facing challenges.
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Following the Supreme Court's TPS ruling, the BBJ references data from a recent Boston Indicators report on the vital role immigrants, including those temporary protection status, play in staffing Massachusetts' medical industry and the severe consequences of losing this vital segment of our workforce.
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James Vaznis of the Boston Globe covers the new data from TBF and the Boston Private Industry Council showing that BPS graduates are slowly returning to pre-pandemic levels of college enrollment and completion
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Mass. Nonprofit News highlights the latest round of Safety Net Grants, $1.2 million in support of organizations that are worksing closely with Massachusetts immigrants.
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This report from the Boston Private Industry Council and the Boston Foundation explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the following years on college enrollment, persistance and completion for graduates of the Boston Public Schools. While results are improving from pandemic lows, the report highlights the challenges of regaining momentum, especially for the groups of students facing the hardest paths to a postsecondary education.
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A new report from Boston Indicators and the MassINC Policy Center couples data and interviews and finds that Massachusetts faces significant demographic and economic impacts from the Trump Administration's efforts to implement broad-based cuts to immigration.
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Produced by Boston Indicators in partnership with Abundant Housing Massachusetts, ADUs Turn One finds the statewide allowance of accessory dwelling units has had a positive impact on permitting, but costs and complex local codes are limiting the success.
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The ACF’s Impact Report captures the fund's path from its start in 2020 through 2025, highlighting the power of research, convening, partnerships, advocacy, narrative change and grantmaking to bring greater strength, stability, and inclusion to AAPI businesses and communities, and to uplift the many contributions AAPI people provide to the diversity and dynamism of MA.
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Across every community and area of need, nonprofit leaders see their work being made more difficult while demand for their services rises. Such findings inform our actions to meet this moment, some of which we cover in this edition of TBF News.
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